1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Where a plaintiff law student brought claims of defamation and breach of contract after a plagiarism notation was placed on her transcript, the defendants were properly awarded summary judgment, as the plaintiff’s claim are based on an unreasonable interpretation of ...

Where a trial judge denied the petitioner’s request to be present during a jury view of the crime scene, his petition for habeas relief was correctly denied on the ground that the trial judge’s decision did not violate the petitioner’s ...

Where a defendant was sentenced to 97 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine base, there was no error in (1) a sentencing enhancement for his ...

Where (1) the plaintiff, a distributor of refrigerated food products, brought a suit seeking a declaration that the plaintiff is the exclusive distributor of the defendant’s retail refrigerated products in Puerto Rico, (2) the plaintiff also claimed that the defendant ...

Where plaintiff drivers have challenged a decision by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to disseminate to employers database information about non-serious driver-related safety violations, the challenge must fail because the agency’s interpretation is a reasonable and permissible construction of ...

Where a judge found a defendant guilty of violating 18 U.S.C. §1344, the Bank Fraud Act, the conviction must be affirmed based on evidence that the defendant attempted to defraud a financial institution. “While serving as a self-employed loan originator ...

Where a jury convicted a defendant of conspiracy, manufacturing over 100 marijuana plants, maintaining a residence for marijuana manufacturing and possessing a firearm as a felon, the convictions must be affirmed despite (1) the admission of hearsay evidence from the ...

Where a defendant was convicted of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act after his vessel was intercepted by United States authorities, a sentencing enhancement was correctly applied based on his role as a navigator. “The undisputed record shows that ...

Where a defendant was convicted of one count of manufacturing marijuana, the judgment must be affirmed, as (1) the government presented sufficient evidence to prove that the marijuana found by police belonged to him and (2) his various procedural challenges ...

Where a debtor was denied a discharge, that decision must be affirmed based on false material statements with respect to disbursements made on his behalf by third parties during the bankruptcy proceeding. “[Debtor Patrick J.] Hannon’s main argument on appeal ...